BEC Linemen Prepare for 2019 Texas Competition

BEC lineman Jaleel Altakrouri (#12) competes at the 2018 Texas Lineman's Rodeo

BEC teams walked away with three first-place and one third-place prize at the 2018 Texas Lineman’s Rodeo and are preparing to compete in the 2019 Texas Lineman’s Rodeo on Saturday, July 20.

The Texas Lineman’s Rodeo takes place every July in Seguin and consists of timed skills tests for apprentices and lineworkers from various electric utilities—contractors, cooperatives, investor-owned utilities and municipals. Lineman not only have to complete a task in a certain amount of time, they must also perform it correctly.

The Texas Lineman’s Rodeo Association, Inc. (TLRA) is a nonprofit organization created to offer lineworkers in the great state of Texas a way to showcase their pride in the profession of high-voltage linework.

TLRA is an organization composed of volunteers devoted to the promotion of charitable, educational electrical safety activities, including, but not limited to, the continued education of lineworkers, the encouragement of cost-reducing efficiency and proficiency methods in the work environment, building relationships of trust and teaching teamwork techniques, sharing of ideas to bring innovation to the industry and networking that will foster better working relationships between utilities.

BEC will send four teams and six apprentices competing individually for a total of 18 linemen. The linemen representing BEC, who will go up against utilities from across the state, are Drew Perez, Austin Allen, Bobby Angermiller, Cody Hansen, David Brown, David Ross, Dustyne Fritz, Garrett Clark, Gimps Louis-Charles, Jaleel Altakrouri, Javier Salazar, Jesse Salazar, John Hernandez, Jon Williams, Justin Albarado, Kenny Alf, Rick Schott and Scott Downum.

BEC wishes all its linemen the best of luck and hopes members will join in supporting our teams by posting on social media using #OurBECLinemen. To learn more about the Texas Lineman’s Rodeo, please visit BanderaElectric.com/TLRA.